The Granite Ridge Preview

<p>Albany grabbed the Granite Ridge Conference crown in 2018-19, could it be a repeat league title season?</p> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <p><strong>Potential Top Ten:</strong> Albany, Cathedral</p> <p>Albany won the league a year ago and has two of the best juniors in the league with Andrew Hahn and Nolan Reuter returning.  Hahn is a frontcourt player while Reuter can play both guard spots, plus a few seniors return as well. St. Cloud Cathedral lost three starters but brings back two double figures scorers and all of their bench.  </p> <p><strong>Compete with Most</strong>: Zimmerman, Becker, Little Falls, Mora</p> <p>The Thunder from Zimmerman have one of the top scorers in the league in Carter McEachern but the rest of last year's team was seniors.  The Bulldogs from Becker should improve on the ten win season from a year ago with three starters returning to their team.  Little Falls has three double figure capable players that return but also a couple starters that must be replaced. Andrew Rasmussen should lead Mora to a step forward. </p> <p><strong>Rebuilding</strong>: Foley, Milaca</p> <p>The Foley group that was 13-14 last year lost all but one player from their rotation so matching last year's record will be ton. Milaca is in a similar spot as Foley but they have a few more players with experience. </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>19-20 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <ol> <li>Albany</li> <li>St. Cloud Cathedral </li> <li>Becker</li> <li>Little Falls</li> <li>Mora</li> <li>Zimmerman</li> <li>Foley</li> <li>Milaca</li> </ol> <p><strong>Preseason All Granite Ridge Conference</strong></p> <p><strong><u>First Team</u></strong></p> <p>Jacob Stolzenbeg, St. Cloud Cathedral (Sr)</p> <p>Carter McEachern, Zimmerman (Sr)</p> <p>Nolan Reuter, Albany (Jr)</p> <p>Nick Mittelsteadt, Becker (Sr)</p> <p>Andrew Hahn, Albany (Jr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><u>Second Team</u></strong></p> <p>Andrew Weisser, St. Cloud Cathedral (Sr)</p> <p>Cade Callahan, Becker (Sr)</p> <p>Travis Wenzel, Little Falls (Sr)</p> <p>Cameron Gaebel, Albany (Sr)</p> <p>Gabe Lindbom, Becker (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><u><strong>Third Team</strong></u></p> <p>Andrew Rasmussen, Mora (Jr)</p> <p>Alex Gwost, Little Falls (Sr)</p> <p>Mason Voshell, Milaca (Sr)</p> <p>Cole Steffen, Mora (Sr)</p> <p>Caleb Dahlstrom, Foley (Sr)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>